Meaning

2 senses
  1. A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.

    The four of us should have a teleconference next week.

  2. More generally, the live exchange of information among persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system, over telephone, video or other means.

More definitions
  • a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television

Examples

2 sentences
  1. We can let both teams meet each other via teleconference.

  2. Due to the outbreak, Joan attends her meetings by teleconferencing.

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Origin

A contraction of telephone conference. By surface analysis, tele- + conference.

A contraction of telephone conference. By surface analysis, tele- + conference.

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Forms

plural: teleconferences
Singularteleconference
Pluralteleconferences

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television:teleconferencing

Word family

1 related words

See also

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